啄羊鹦鹉
zhuó​yáng​yīng​wǔ

kea

啄 zhuó to peck

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

豖
豖 Sound component
chù a shackled pig

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttræwkmə-tˤ<r>okto peck
Zhengzhangrtoːɡ
toːɡ
Unicodeduk
djak

說文解字

鳥食也。从口豖聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

羊 yáng sheep

Pictograph of the head of a sheep with horns.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (9 of 22 verified)

样养洋详祥氧翔痒佯羌恙庠烊羟養蛘徉羰詳羕鯗羥

Meaning (5 of 11 verified)

义群善姜羚咩羯義羝羴羍

Iconic (7)

美羞羡羌羔茍羨

Simplified (2)

样义

Remnant (1)

茍

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyangɢaŋ sheep

說文解字

《說文》：“羊，祥也。从，象頭角足尾之形。孔子曰：牛羊之字，以形舉也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.298
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鹦 yīng parrot Simplified

Components

婴
婴 Sound component
yīng infant
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鹉 wǔ species of parrot Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 武 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵡.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
武
武 Sound component
wǔ military

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鸚 parrot Traditional

Components

嬰
嬰 Sound component
yīng infant
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqreːŋ
Unicodeqɛng

說文解字

鸚䳇，能言鳥也。从鳥嬰聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鵡 species of parrot Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 武 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
武
武 Sound component
wǔ military

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaʔ
Unicodemiǒ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang